Archive for the 'On The Net' Category

DSLinux release DS browser before Opera

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

DSLinux.org have beaten Opera to release the first working web browser for the Nintendo DS. It was announced on the 27th of February that the open source text browser retawq had been successfully compiled and run on DSLinux
Few details are given on their website but they do show screenshots of retawq running on both iDeaS […]

Browse the Web on your DS

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

The popular free web browser Opera will be making it’s way to the Nintendo DS this year.
By simply plugging the Opera browser cart into you DS you can fully brows the Internet. The browser uses both of the consoles screens and lets you easily navigate the web using the stylus and touch screen. No pricing […]

Cool Mario Wallpaper

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

Edge Online have created a tribute to the three main handheld consoles by producing a desktop wallpaper file for each one of them.
For the Nintendo DS they have created a picture of Mario made up of multi-coloured Nintendo DS’s.
You can view them at
http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archives/2005/12/edge_wallpapers.php

Nintendo DS battery indicator for the color blind

Monday, July 11th, 2005

Dr. Ray L. Winstead of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania has come up with a simple yet effective solution for color blind users of the Nintendo DS who are having problems distinguishing the two battery indicator lights.

Dr. Winsteads’s sons are both color deficient which lead him to come up with a solution that will work […]

Nintendo DS Linux booted

Sunday, May 8th, 2005

The team at DS Linux have taken a leap forward in their quest to get Linux working on the Nintendo DS by getting the kernel booting and running a SASH shell!

More info at http://www.dslinux.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=362